Ask me anything and I'll cheer you up with nonsense thread

[MCMLXXIII]

So to kick us off..

Whats the name of that black sticky stuff they put on roads??

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[Robinredbreast]

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Tar ( Ta) for that :thumbup:

Whats the difference between threw and through ? :lol: RRB

 

[MCMLXXIII]

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Ah simple this.."threw" is when you have "followed":lol:

And "through" is really something a pig eats from with a few letters thrown in for olde English

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[Robinredbreast]

Re: Ask me anything and I'll cheer you up with nonsense thre

Why are we sick and tired of being sick and tired :eh: :sick: RRB

 

[MCMLXXIII]

Re: Ask me anything and I'll cheer you up with nonsense thre

Fannie Lou Hamer:wink:

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[Robinredbreast]

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Here's one for you :crazy:

Would you refuse to put out the refuse ?

RRB

 

[MCMLXXIII]

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No. But I'd love to put things in cider..like a breadbin.

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[Robinredbreast]

Re: Ask me anything and I'll cheer you up with nonsense thre

Night night sleep tightmake sure the bedbugs don't bite !!! where did that come from ?

Anyway,mine don't bite because every night I take out their false teeth and put them in a insecticial vile :lol: :lol:

I really am tired now

RRB :yawn:

 

[MCMLXXIII]

Re: Ask me anything and I'll cheer you up with nonsense thre

It was invented by a bounder on the antiques roadshow.
Botany bay and all that..
(Wrath of Khan anyone?)

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[Andy12345]

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This is a terrific thread for me, instead of feeling like an idiot because im not really getting what people are talking about in most threads, this feels like im not supposed to get it, feels much better

 

[anna29]

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Who is Gordon Bennett ???
Anyone know?
Why do we say/use the term expression - Gordon Bennett! :?:

Anna.

 

[Robinredbreast]

Re: Ask me anything and I'll cheer you up with nonsense thre

Who is Gordon Bennett ???
Anyone know?
Why do we say/use the term expression - Gordon Bennett! :?:

Anna.

Last Updated: Wednesday, 3 January 2007, 12:54 GMT

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Gordon Bennett! Who was he?
By Kate Carter



Hi Anna I googled this from the BBC news I have often wondered that myself, hope it helps

James Gordon Bennett (right) and his playboy son, Gordon Bennett
The English language is the most widely taught and understood in the world, yet the origins of many of its words and phrases remain a mystery. Now word sleuths are hoping to employ the public's experience to help explain some common words.
It's not an epitaph one would wish for - to become the physical embodiment of a swear word. But how else do you explain Gordon Bennett, the expression of surprise that, in lewder company, would take four-letter form?

But who was the original Gordon Bennett, and how did he come to be immortalised in the English language?

No one knows for sure, which is why the country's leading language experts are consulting the public on the origins of this and dozens of other vexing words and phrases,

In tracking the origins of Gordon Bennett, these - to employ the parlance of a notable linguistic conjurer of our times - are the known unknowns:

• There were two famous Gordon Bennetts who might have been the source - a father and son


• James Gordon Bennett Snr was a Scottish-born journalist, famous in the US for founding the New York Herald and conducting the first ever newspaper interview


• His son, of the same name, was more interested in fast cars, planes and women. He used his inheritance to sponsor the Bennett Trophy in motor racing from 1900 to 1905, and in 1906 established a hot-air balloon race that is still held today. In fact, Gordon Bennett Jnr was probably the first international playboy



Nora Batty: The original Flaming Nora... unlikely
But there's one big hitch - there is no evidence to link the phrase "Gordon Bennett" with either man. Indeed, the first time the expression appears in print in the Oxford English Dictionary is in 1967, a long time after their heyday.

Gordon Bennett, along with his sisters Flaming Nora and Bleeding Adam, are just three of a large number of eponyms - a person whose name becomes a synonym for something - in the English language.

Many are mysteries, and as with all etymological detective work, there are a legion of theories - from the plausible to the downright ludicrous.

Sadly, perhaps, the Gordon Bennett who became enshrined in the English language, might never have existed, says John Simpson, chief editor of the Oxford English Dictionary. "The expression is probably just a euphemistic extension of 'God!' or 'Gawd!', turned into a proper name to weaken the swear-word."

 

[anna29]

Re: Ask me anything and I'll cheer you up with nonsense thre

Cool 8) How interesting ...

This 'does help me' fathom things out a bit more :thumbup:

Thanks for this RRB .

Anna.

 

[Robinredbreast]

Re: Ask me anything and I'll cheer you up with nonsense thre

This is a terrific thread for me, instead of feeling like an idiot because im not really getting what people are talking about in most threads, this feels like im not supposed to get it, feels much better

Why don't you have a go Andy, it does cheer you up and I'm sure 'idoit' is the wrong word, what about confused or bewildered

Take care RRB

 

[katto]

Re: Ask me anything and I'll cheer you up with nonsense thre

Why is something 'the bees knees?' do bees have particularly impressive knees?


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[mo1905]

Re: Ask me anything and I'll cheer you up with nonsense thre

Why do all winners of Miss Universe come from Earth ?


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[Robinredbreast]

Re: Ask me anything and I'll cheer you up with nonsense thre

Why is something 'the bees knees?' do bees have particularly impressive knees?


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Well they must have a good set on them :lol: with all that 'wiggling dance' communication that they do on the hive dancefloor RRB

 

[Robinredbreast]

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Why do all winners of Miss Universe come from Earth ?


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Great , but I don't know that one as it's all a bit alien to me :lol: RRB

 

[mo1905]

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RRB - you're a natural ! You must work in a Xmas Cracker factory lol ;-)


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[Robinredbreast]

Re: Ask me anything and I'll cheer you up with nonsense thre

RRB - you're a natural ! You must work in a Xmas Cracker factory lol ;-)


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:lol: :lol: THE LITTLE GREY CELLS MUST BE WORKING TODAY THATS A BANGING GOOD IDEA :thumbup:

RRB :thumbup: